28 Feb, 2022 VII wonders - PRA and FCA update their approaches to insurance business transfers By Jimi Piggott-Bader The PRA and FCA have published updates to their approaches for insurance business transfers, following the conclusion of their respective...
21 Feb, 2022 Up close and personal - FCA proposes new rules to connect personal pensions to dashboards By Jimi Piggott-Bader There is an episode of I'm Alan Partridge where Steve Coogan's eponymous anti-hero calls his estranged wife to offer an unsolicited...
21 Feb, 2022 2 month delay to appoint case officers for FCA change in control applications By Omar Salem The FCA has updated its change in control webpage to acknowledge the delays in processing applications that have been taking place. It...
14 Feb, 2022 In 2022, prepare for more enforcement action - and more assertive supervisory interventions By Sara Cody Nikunj Kiri Duncan Campbell 2021 was a year of contrasts when it came to the FCA's and PRA's enforcement work. On the one hand, the regulators rationalised their...
11 Feb, 2022 ESMA prioritises the fight against greenwashing in its new Sustainable Finance Roadmap for 2022-2024 By Stephen Clipsham ESMA has published its Sustainable Finance Roadmap setting out its priority areas and actions for 2022–2024. Building on ESMA’s 2020...
11 Feb, 2022 Creeping into crypto... words for the wise! By Pansy Wong As the various forms of cryptoasset continue to develop, colleagues Ben Packer and Michael Munk highlight the risks for the unwary. Of...
11 Feb, 2022 UK Investment Association's Net Zero Forum: Climate Disclosure and Managing Legal Risk By Premlata Fagan Against a dynamic and fast-paced policy and regulatory backdrop the UK Investment Association is working closely with its members in the...
09 Feb, 2022 FCA proposes controversial guidance which cuts across UK compromise procedures By Duncan Campbell The FCA's proposed guidance GC22/1 on compromises by regulated firms focuses on achieving maximum consumer redress. But it does this by...
02 Feb, 2022 Operational resilience - two months to go By Becky Heaysman Clare McMullen Simon Treacy In two months new regulations on operational resilience will start to apply for many UK financial services firms. The FCA has used a...
02 Feb, 2022 Insurance: UK law and regulation By Alastair Holt Jimi Piggott-Bader Clare McMullen Sebastian Barling +1 more... Show less Would you like a user-friendly and concise overview of UK insurance law and regulation? If so, please see this paper. It was great to...